I'm freelancing all this month for the wonderful FT Alphaville and still have a separate project to finish on the weekends—so notwithstanding the occasional linkfest, this site will probably be neglected for long stretches of time. But I'll do my best to dust it off now and then.

Posting will continue to be light this week while I'm working on various projects and job-related stuff. [How can you be working on "job-related stuff" if you don't have a job? — ed. Yeah, that's what I'm working on. Wait, am I supposed to be the imagined voice of a nagging editor, the idea for which you copied from Dan Drezner? — ed. Yeah, I doubt he'd mind, especially because I'm linking to a recent post of his. Also because nobody reads your blog. — ed. Shut up.]

"In general, though, sports need more than just what's on the field or
court to keep spectators interested. Fans need reasons to care. They
need a story" — Justin Fox

"But nevertheless by all available accounts, and by contrast with human
beings, masturbation to completion is an exceedingly rare phenomenon in
other species with capable hands very much like our own" — Jesse Bering

"Creativity means going against what you've learned. So however much you
might hear people say there's a right way and a wrong way, that will
always be accompanied by, 'Except when I do it'" — Anthony Bourdain

To be happier, make more money, but
don't want to make more money — Eric
Barker